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Startup Pitches

Featured Startup Pitch: KnowBe4 –providing ‘Internet security awareness training’ to help enterprises avoid phishing and other costly online scams

Company: KnowBe4 Website:  www.knowbe4.com Founder: Stu Sjouwerman Headquarters: Clearwater, Florida Year...

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October 25, 2011

Funding & Acquisitions News

Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: Subtext closes a $3 million seed round for its social reading ebooks app

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October 25, 2011

Guest Columns

Guest Column: What the Daily Deal Empire Decline Means for Startups and Small Businesses

By David Galvan, president of Schedulicity Daily deal services have become a multi-billion dollar industry and have reestablished focus on the...

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October 24, 2011

Funding & Acquisitions News

Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: Direct deals mobile ad marketplace Chartboost lands $2 million in funding

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October 24, 2011

Funding & Acquisitions News

The week in tech startups, October 22, 2011…

By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor It was a week that saw some big funding announcements in the tech sector, some news about Q3 funding...

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October 22, 2011

Funding & Acquisitions News

Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: Coupon site CouponCabin.com secures $54 million in new funding

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October 21, 2011

Startup Q&As

Having drawn $3 million in initial investment, Russian startup NGINX seeks to transform a popular open-source infrastructure platform into a profitable enterprise

A Q&A with NGINX co-founder Andrey Alexeev. The company, which offers products based on the open-source platform of the same name, was founded in...

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October 20, 2011

Funding & Acquisitions News

Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: Zoove gets $5 million in new funding for vanity mobile numbers

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October 20, 2011

Startup Q&As

DataStax , which just closed an $11 million Series B funding round, offers an enterprise database platform with big functionality enhancements

  Q&A with DataStax VP of Marketing Michael Weir. The Burlingame, Calif.–based company was founded in 2010. SUB: Please explain what...

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October 19, 2011

Funding & Acquisitions News

Funding and Acquisitions: OwnLocal gets new funding to help local newspapers generate online revenue

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October 19, 2011

Startup Q&As

Tokyo-based MyGengo harnesses advanced translation tools and $5.25 million in Series A funding for enhanced communication across the globe

Q&A with myGengo co-founder and CEO Robert Laing. The company was founded in 2009 and recently raised $5.25 million in Series A funding. SUB:...

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October 18, 2011

Funding & Acquisitions News

Funding and Acquisitions: Dropbox lands $250 million (yes, $250 million) in funding for personal cloud storage service

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October 18, 2011